Heavy Rain Bushcraft Tips: How I Start Fire in the Rain with Nothing but my Knife & Firesteel
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Date: 2025-06-18
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Comments and reviews: 18
dpurssord
By far the best video explaining in detail how to make a fire with different sourced kindle in damp/wet weather just with the fire and steel. Absolutely spot on. This video is the benchmark for firemaking over here in the U. K in wooded areas. I tend to try and make a cleared area with a shallow hole in the ground if possible to keep wind off. Really hate those gusts. For the rain, if no tree cover I'll put three sticks in ground where soft enough, use whatever is available to tie three sticks to form a triangle about a foot off the ground which will cover with grass/sticks etc to create a half decent cover. Tying with twisted dried grass a couple of twigs over the roof cover to hold it in place as wind again tries its magic. Once again, have to say this video is by far the best explained and detailed fire making example I've ever seen for the type of tools and surroundings.
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By far the best video explaining in detail how to make a fire with different sourced kindle in damp/wet weather just with the fire and steel. Absolutely spot on. This video is the benchmark for firemaking over here in the U. K in wooded areas. I tend to try and make a cleared area with a shallow hole in the ground if possible to keep wind off. Really hate those gusts. For the rain, if no tree cover I'll put three sticks in ground where soft enough, use whatever is available to tie three sticks to form a triangle about a foot off the ground which will cover with grass/sticks etc to create a half decent cover. Tying with twisted dried grass a couple of twigs over the roof cover to hold it in place as wind again tries its magic. Once again, have to say this video is by far the best explained and detailed fire making example I've ever seen for the type of tools and surroundings.
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BartBuzz
To a novice, the fact that you can start a fire when everything seems too wet/damp is very informative. Is it safe to assume that because the UK is so rainy and damp you would most likely keep dry fire-starting material in your camping gear Then all you have to find are suitable twigs and branches to start a sustainable fire under wet conditions. Thanks for sharing.
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To a novice, the fact that you can start a fire when everything seems too wet/damp is very informative. Is it safe to assume that because the UK is so rainy and damp you would most likely keep dry fire-starting material in your camping gear Then all you have to find are suitable twigs and branches to start a sustainable fire under wet conditions. Thanks for sharing.
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fflashfishtech
Watching Mike's videos always makes camping novices learn a lot and feel excited.
But I still recommend that novices should bring garbage bags and foldable trash cans. No-trace camping should start from your first camping trip. In particular, food scraps, oil, water, and plastic garbage must be packed and taken away.
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Watching Mike's videos always makes camping novices learn a lot and feel excited.
But I still recommend that novices should bring garbage bags and foldable trash cans. No-trace camping should start from your first camping trip. In particular, food scraps, oil, water, and plastic garbage must be packed and taken away.
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050sniper
Tip,
old bike tires innertubes =) cut some pieces out of them and keep them on you at all times when camping =) they will light even if they been dropped in water and will help keep the fire lit till you can get the fire burning better just something i keep in my little fire starter kit if i ever need use it
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Tip,
old bike tires innertubes =) cut some pieces out of them and keep them on you at all times when camping =) they will light even if they been dropped in water and will help keep the fire lit till you can get the fire burning better just something i keep in my little fire starter kit if i ever need use it
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robinsvensson7138
Great video! Thank you =)
We have similar wet conditions here in Sweden, but lots of fatwood as well, so you can always start a fire with your ferrorod (firesteel.
Just don't try to cook with the fatwood, as your food will turn black from the tar smoke (as I recently found out): p
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Great video! Thank you =)
We have similar wet conditions here in Sweden, but lots of fatwood as well, so you can always start a fire with your ferrorod (firesteel.
Just don't try to cook with the fatwood, as your food will turn black from the tar smoke (as I recently found out): p
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TheSaneHatter
Given Britain’s uniquely rained-upon ecosystem, I want to propose that all of the country’s bushcrafters and woodsmen unite to create a survival manual based on rain, storms, and wet conditions. I’ll even suggest a title: Sopping Bushcraft, or better yet, Sopping Survival.
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Given Britain’s uniquely rained-upon ecosystem, I want to propose that all of the country’s bushcrafters and woodsmen unite to create a survival manual based on rain, storms, and wet conditions. I’ll even suggest a title: Sopping Bushcraft, or better yet, Sopping Survival.
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harryhumphries72
Hi Mike, I’m a Scout leader here in the UK, I’m obsessed with your videos and love all the knowledge I can take away and give to the young people. Keep up the amazing content, I do have a question though, where do you get your big fire steel from
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Hi Mike, I’m a Scout leader here in the UK, I’m obsessed with your videos and love all the knowledge I can take away and give to the young people. Keep up the amazing content, I do have a question though, where do you get your big fire steel from
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silicon-shaman
Batonning a piece of dead wood that has not been laying on the ground and exposing the inner layers can also provide dry wood to make thin feather shavings from that would make lighting the fire easier.
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Batonning a piece of dead wood that has not been laying on the ground and exposing the inner layers can also provide dry wood to make thin feather shavings from that would make lighting the fire easier.
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Tom_M_Riddle
Heavy rain. It’s not even a light rain in the video. Very bushcrafter makes this video. Claims in the title and clickbait thumb nail that’s it’s raining. But it’s not even raining in the video.
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Heavy rain. It’s not even a light rain in the video. Very bushcrafter makes this video. Claims in the title and clickbait thumb nail that’s it’s raining. But it’s not even raining in the video.
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taoutdoors
Great Video! This is something so important that so many people overlook! I live in a mountain valley so were pretty wet here as well! Its a must to know how to start a fire in wet conditions!
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Great Video! This is something so important that so many people overlook! I live in a mountain valley so were pretty wet here as well! Its a must to know how to start a fire in wet conditions!
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herzogsbuick
159 days of rain a year i, like most of your viewers i'm sure, are from the states. we're gonna need that in fahrenheit, please, i have absolutely no idea what you're talking about
: -D
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159 days of rain a year i, like most of your viewers i'm sure, are from the states. we're gonna need that in fahrenheit, please, i have absolutely no idea what you're talking about
: -D
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energdnb
Ive loved your videos for years man, im so glad there are still people that are willing to go out and educate people on stuff that could literally save their life! Good stuff
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Ive loved your videos for years man, im so glad there are still people that are willing to go out and educate people on stuff that could literally save their life! Good stuff
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michalrachunek4934
Love your comment that igniting the tinder may not work right away and that it took a minute. Most videos only show the last successful attempt.
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Love your comment that igniting the tinder may not work right away and that it took a minute. Most videos only show the last successful attempt.
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Madonnalitta1
I grab some sliverbirch bark and oak moss when it's dry in the summer, and keep a little stash in my tinder box.
Great video, very informative.
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I grab some sliverbirch bark and oak moss when it's dry in the summer, and keep a little stash in my tinder box.
Great video, very informative.
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taoutdoors
Thanks for the video. You explain very well that the key is to take your time to put all the chances on your side before lighting the fire.
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Thanks for the video. You explain very well that the key is to take your time to put all the chances on your side before lighting the fire.
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MichiganHiker
Very good video. I've been doing that kind of thing for so many years I forget that others don't know it. You explained it very well
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Very good video. I've been doing that kind of thing for so many years I forget that others don't know it. You explained it very well
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jaymeswheeler
I miss the damp and wet of the UK. Thanks for keeping the fire going. You’re welcome to my fire anytime you ever make it to Utah
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I miss the damp and wet of the UK. Thanks for keeping the fire going. You’re welcome to my fire anytime you ever make it to Utah
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hungryhank6044
Sir, that was a very informative video! I learned some very good tips about fire starting. Great job, keep it up! Take care.
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Sir, that was a very informative video! I learned some very good tips about fire starting. Great job, keep it up! Take care.
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